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Historical Event on 1/3/1997

Jayalalitha, former Tamil Nadu CM, inprisoned for 27 days, released on bail.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/22/1789Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department.
12/31/1902Dr. Raghuvir, dictionary creator, having knowledge of Vedic Sanskrit, Tebiti, Chinese and Mongolian, was born.
12/25/1924Atal Krishna Behari Bajpayee, Prime Minister of India and a veteran journalist, was born at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
8/1/1957M. K. Vellodi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 04-06-1958.
10/30/1977One hundred thousand Tamil Hindu tea-pickers, who were expatriated from Sri Lanka, are shipped to Madras, South India.
1/21/1994India and Myanmar decide to open border trade.
3/8/1948Air India International was established for overseas services.
1/24/1966Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government.
12/12/1925Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in 2 Tests for India 1959), was born in Surat, Gujarat.
1/19/1976C. V. Bawdekar, famous journalist, died.